Category: New products
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Self-Healing Integrated Circuit Material Developed
A team of University of Illinois researchers in Champaign has developed a self-healing process that restores electrical conductivity to a cracked circuit in barely an instant. Illinois engineering professor Scott White, materials science professor Nancy Sottos, chemistry professor Jeffrey Moore, and colleagues published their findings online in the journal Advanced Materials (paid subscription required). Electronic…
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Chemical Brush Offers Tooth Cavity Filling Alternative
Engineers at University of Missouri and spin-off company Nanova Inc. in Columbia, Missouri plan to soon begin clinical trials of a device to painlessly replace tooth fillings. Research and development of the plasma brush, as the device is called, was funded by National Science Foundation and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from National Institutes…
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Algae Protein Electrodes Boost Photosynthesis Process
Researchers from the Swiss research institute Empa, University of Basel in Switzerland, and Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago have developed electrodes made from algal protein that mimic a key process in photosynthesis used to directly generate hydrogen from water. The team describes their findings in the online issue of the journal Advanced Functional Materials (paid…
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Bacteria Made Fluorescent in Unison for LED-Like Display
Researchers at University of California in San Diego have created a process for giving bacteria the ability to glow simultaneously in a colony, much like a neon sign. This discovery, which has commercial applications and for which a patent has been filed, is described this week in the advanced online issue of the journal Nature…
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Vanderbilt Team Develops Simple Medical Test Prep Device
Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville are developing a medical collection and preparation system that promises to bring diagnostic testing to the poorest areas of the world. The device, called the Extractionator, is the product of Vanderbilt biomedical engineer Rick Haselton, chemist David Wright, and biochemist Ray Mernaugh. Haselton, Wright, and Mernaugh received a $1…
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Clinical Study IDs Potential Antidepressant Predictor
Researchers at Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago have found a method that can help predict if an antidepressant will work on a patient with depression. Loyola psychiatry professor Angelos Halaris and colleagues reported their work earlier this year at the annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. The study involved 35 patients who…
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European Grant Awarded for Research on Enhanced MRI
A chemistry professor at University of Southampton in the U.K. has received a grant for research on enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), a principle underlying magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), widely used in medical diagnostics. Malcolm Levitt and colleagues at Southampton were awarded a four-year, €2.8 million ($US 3.8 million) grant from the European Research Council…
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Technique Devised for Lowest Greenhouse Emissions Routing
Engineers from University at Buffalo in New York have developed a technique to route drivers to their destinations while minimizing their cars’ greenhouse gas emissions. The study involved simulations of traffic in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls region, but could be applied to today’s GPS systems in the near future, according to the researchers. Buffalo engineering professor…
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Clinical Trial Tests New Cancer Radiation Treatment
A clinical study by Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ontario, Canada is testing a new form of radiation therapy to treat cancerous tumors. The phase 2 trial aims to gauge effectiveness of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy or SABR on cancer patients in Canada and Europe. SABR delivers large concentrated doses of radiotherapy to precise areas,…
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Stratolaunch Systems to Build Aircraft-Based Space Launcher
Stratolaunch Systems in Huntsville, Alabama announced plans to build a space launch aircraft and booster rocket with the capacity to replace the recently retired NASA space shuttle. The company, started by Microsoft founder Paul Allen, will partner with aircraft manufacturer Scaled Composites, space vehicle developer Space Exploration Technologies, and aerospace engineering company Dynetics. The entire…